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Move the iTunes Library to a Different Location

Nov 30, 2009 - 6 Comments

Moving your iTunes music library to another location or machine is really easy to do because Apple has made iTunes store and maintain all of your music in one central location. Thus, that directory is fairly transportable, and if need be it can be relocated to a different location with relative ease. Unless you have … Read More

Internet Tethering on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS 3.1.2

Nov 4, 2009 - 4 Comments

TechCrunch is reporting that the blackra1n Jailbreak lets iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners running iPhone OS 3.1.2 use internet tethering. This is good news since Internet Tethering was recently killed off by the 3.1 update, but it’s bad news because now it’s pushing users to Jailbreak their iPhones in order to get a feature … Read More

iPhone is the fastest growing consumer electronic product in history. Wow.

Oct 21, 2009 - 3 Comments

Yes you read the right. The iPhone is the fastest growing consumer electronic product in history. TechCrunch states: Its adoption ramp is even steeper than videogame consoles including the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP. The original iPod and Blackberry aren’t even in the same league. If you’re in the US and have AT&T … Read More

MMS on the iPhone 2G First Gen

Oct 20, 2009 - 1 Comment

You can enable MMS on the first gen iPhone 2G (you know, that metal one), but it requires a little bit of hacking. This is pretty great news if you have one of the first iPhones but you feel left out by the MMS intro passing you by. Here are the instructions reposted from Lifehacker.com … Read More

Jailbreak iPhone 3GS Now Possible

Oct 3, 2009 - 1 Comment

Have an iPhone 3gs that you want to jailbreak? You’re in luck! iPhone 3GS owners should be happy now that they can easily jailbreak the 3GS with the new PwnageTool, but… according to the iPhone Dev Team:

Flying? Use In-Flight Wireless When iPhone Airplane Mode is Enabled

Oct 2, 2009 - Leave a Comment

Are you a traveler and flying on an airplane with your iPhone? Then this tip is for you! You can selectively enable WiFi access while your iPhone is in Airplane Mode, meaning you can use a flights wireless internet service without the cell phone itself being turned on. This is really handy since many flights … Read More

Backup iPhone Text Messages with Syphone

Sep 27, 2009 - 12 Comments

Backing up your iPhone text messages is made extremely easy thanks to a freeware utility called Syphone. Since the iPhone has a limited number of text messages it can store at any one time, Syphone allows you to backup all the text messages and read through the archived text messages yourself on your Mac in … Read More

iPhone Screen Resolution for iPhone 4 is 960×640 pixels, prior iPhone is 480×320

Sep 26, 2009 - 26 Comments

I had to develop an iPhone specific website recently and working with the iPhone resolution was a key aspect in this development process. The actual pixel density differs on the iPhone models as well, which will effect the appearance of interface elements and graphics for websites and iPhone applications. Of course knowing the resolution and … Read More

Force Quit a Stuck Application on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

Sep 17, 2009 - 7 Comments

The iPhone and iPad are amazingly stable, but every once in a while you may run into an app that misbehaves itself and seems to become stuck in some infinite loop of iPhone-frozen madness. Thankfully, if you find yourself in that situation you can force quit a frozen application on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod … Read More

iPhone Backup Location for Mac & Windows

Sep 11, 2009 - 96 Comments

If you’ve looking for the location of your iPhone Backup files in the file system of a computer, then you’ll be pleased to know they’re easy to find even if a bit hidden. Whether you use Mac OS X or Windows, the iPhone backup process is basically the same; iTunes backs up all of your … Read More

iTunes DJ functionality in iPhone Remote app lets party guests request and choose songs

Sep 11, 2009 - 3 Comments

The new version of the Remote app for iPhone [iTunes link] has a great social feature that allows party guests with the app installed to connect to iTunes shares, see what’s currently playing, add songs to playlists, vote on songs to be played, and make requests. As the linked posterous blog states: “This is the … Read More

How to Easily Enable iPhone Internet Tethering with iPhone 3.0

Aug 30, 2009 - 6 Comments

I still don’t know why AT&T and Apple don’t enable Internet Tethering by default on the iPhone, but nonetheless they don’t… but you can enable it yourself with a little work! The simplest way I’ve found without Jailbreaking your iPhone requires a few settings changes from updating a system profile, which you can download from … Read More

No Undo Button on the iPhone & iPod Touch? Instead, Use Shaking Motions

Aug 21, 2009 - 2 Comments

The iPhone doesn’t have an Undo button, which is something that many of us have wondered about and wished for for quite some time. But that doesn’t mean you can’t perform an undo or redo task on your iPhone, but what you do is perform a shaking motion with the iPhone or iPod touch in … Read More

University of Washington offers Certificate in iPhone & Cocoa Development program

Aug 10, 2009 - 1 Comment

Here’s something that’s bound to be popular. The University of Washington is offering a Certificate program in iPhone Development, the coursework covers Cocoa too but there’s plenty of Cocoa development programs out there so it’s really the iPhone development that makes it stand out. For now the program is only offered at the University of … Read More

Make Your Own Custom iPhone Ringtone For Free

Aug 8, 2009 - 105 Comments
Convert just about any Video or Audio to an iPhone Ringtone

The iPhone, iPhone accessories, and iPhone ringtones are all the rage right now, so why not make your own iPhone ringtone? With a Mac or Windows PC it’s pretty straightforward using iTunes, follow these 10 steps and you can easily create your own iPhone Ringtone from whatever song you want. Note that songs with DRM … Read More

Get Immediate Dictionary Definitions Using Spotlight

Aug 5, 2009 - 1 Comment

Using your Mac, iPhone, or iPad, and you need to know the meaning of a word, and quick? That’s easy. Just bust open Spotlight with Command + Spacebar on the Mac or iPad, or pulling down from the Home Screen on iPhone, and type in the word you want to get the definition for. One … Read More

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